Director of Product Operations — AI-Driven Delivery

Fortive; United States; À distance; USD 134 000 - 249 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Excellent benefits package

Résumé du poste

Gordian, part of Fortive, seeks a Director of Product Operations to build and run the operating system for the Product organization. You will translate strategy into scalable lifecycle standards, artifacts and AI-enabled workflows to accelerate learning and better outcomes.

This leader will drive portfolio planning, governance and analytics, partnering with Product, Engineering, Design and GTM to ensure investments align with customer value and business results.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in Product Management, Product Operations, product strategy, technical program management or comparable software leadership roles.
• Experience building or scaling Product Operations within a complex software or technology organization.
• Demonstrated experience designing product operating models, planning processes and portfolio governance.
• Strong understanding of modern product discovery, product development and product measurement practices.
• Experience working closely with Product, Engineering, UX/Research, Finance, Sales and Customer Success.
• Strong analytical capability and demonstrated ability to turn fragmented operational and product data into executive-level insight.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and driving organizational change without relying solely on positional authority.
• Strong executive communication skills and an ability to simplify complex organizational problems.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsabilités

• Own and continuously improve Gordian's product development lifecycle and operating model from idea through discovery, development, launch, adoption and iteration.
• Establish a simple, scalable xDLC spanning Product, Engineering and Design.
• Define the minimum standards, decision points and artifacts required at each lifecycle stage.
• Create clear mechanisms for moving ideas from strategic opportunity through validation, investment and delivery.
• Reduce unnecessary handoffs, meetings and process overhead.
• Drive adoption of AI-native workflows that improve product discovery, analysis, documentation and execution.
• Establish portfolio governance mechanisms connecting strategy to product investment.
• Provide portfolio-level visibility into initiatives, investment, capacity, risks and outcomes.
• Create a single, trusted view of product performance and turn measures into actionable insights for leadership.
• Build the systems and capabilities of Product Operations, including onboarding and development of PMs and communities of practice.

Connaissances

Product management

Product operations

Portfolio governance

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Organizational change

AI-enabled workflows

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Description du poste

Gordian, part of Fortive, seeks a Director of Product Operations to build and run the operating system for the Product organization. You will translate strategy into scalable lifecycle standards, artifacts and AI-enabled workflows to accelerate learning and better outcomes.

This leader will drive portfolio planning, governance and analytics, partnering with Product, Engineering, Design and GTM to ensure investments align with customer value and business results.